The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-13
COULISSE CHAT.


the Pcninan' aud Is making more,
W. :. Daboll OF the "Erminic" company, wns
principal oi the salisbury rroubndouts.
Miss Mary stuart oi the "Erminic" company,
Is u sister oi stuart Robson, the comedian.
Mile, Aimee has n throat disorder that she
must submit to s,ur ricnl treatment for cure.
The onc hindrcth performance .ol Jim the
Pcnmnn" occurred in New York Monday night.
Mr.. MnusDrld viii produce his new play, Or,
Iekyll and Mr.. HYDE" ut the Boston Museum in
May.
Kate Forsythc Is to star MS Por,hcnia nnd
PdulO'. She srts forth from New York this
week.
nom's Daughter Ol the Nilc" under the title
Egypt"
Theresa Vaughn, leading lady of Mcstaycr's
company. and Mrs, MCstaScr, in private lille, Is
NnSsnr graduate.
Bertha Ricci. who appears rs Erminic, was the
prni donna of the Mcjoul Opera Company for
the last three years.
Mlnnic llnuk is in Paris studying Tor Monoin,
IN which she Is under cngagement t"nrrcnr III
April ~ the Royal Opera III Berlin.
Manager Aronson. director of the Casino, New
York viii personally direct the production of
"Erminir" in this city at Alhnugh's.
The Amgrgap opcgs Company is Going to pro.
dtcc kuhinstcins Nero uuflnv MS srr'ng sea-
son NJ the Metropolitan Oncrn House.
Frederic solomon is Il brother OF Edward
solomon, the composer of "Nillc Taylor"
Lord Batcnan," and Claude DuynL"
Mrs. James Brown Potter is studying hard with
artists of the Theatre Franchise. in Paris, and
speaks in warm praise OF many courtcsics shown
her by them.
Dion Boucicault's "Fin Muccoo which proves
tu I've his old und unsuccessful war diplnn. belle
Lamar expanded and rrranrcd, has made n
hit III Boston.
Mr.. W. H. Clark. the busso prntuudo of the
Boston Ideals. was married Monday In Boston,
tn Miss Gertrude Toussaing, who was with the
company last year.
"Erminic~ Will celebrate its two hundred and
htticth representation ON Wednesday evening.
February q. The run has surpassed that of any
other production at the Casino
George Aprlcby. tenor of the "Erminc" com
pany. was connected with the American Opera
Company last season. and formerly with the
Abbott und Hess opera companies.
Edwin BOOTHS Hamlet drew sa,M3 to the Gin
cinnati Grand Opera House, last week. at sl,l0
per seat Sara l3crnhnrt ut S2 a seat took S2'i3.
Native talent is appreciated ut last.
Miss Aldc Cora Reed, prma donna with the
"Erminic' company, has Just been engaged by
Manager Nronsor, OF the New York Casino, and
is II valuable addition to the company.
vcrtli's new opera. "Otcllo," was produced ut
La Scala, Milan. on the 9TH and achieved II great
success. Cumpunini cables that II u the most
mclodious and brilliant work of the great author.
America is not the only country where noto-
ricty Is utilized for profit. An cncrprising inati-
arcr offers Lady Colin Campbell $50 week to
sing nt Pavilion Music Hall, in London. says the
! Bat
whcnaskcd the other day how old he was vii.
son Barrett replied: when play Thatterton' !
am seventeen; when I play Hamlet nm twenty
| That is all am going to tell ANYBODY ABOUT my
age
| Tclcphoni, communications have been cstab.
| lishcd between Paris and Brussels, and the other
evening the Queen of Belgium listened to per.
| formancc of Faust" given at the Paris Grand
| Opera House.
| Some one asked Nine Patti in san Francisco
| farewell
! Pacific Const. THAT Is what the advertisements
SHay," she replied and that is what | say now
Mr.. Lawrence Barrett proposes to make hi.
New York production of "Ricnzi' II spccin
| effort One feature Will he. so II Is stated, ai
auxiliary force of zn men. each six feet In
| height, and clad IN steel arlnor.
"Ruddygorc" " Gilbert and Sullivan's new opera
| will he produced ut the Firth Avenue Theatre OF
| February d. All the seats nnd boxes for th'
auditorium of the theatre the afternoon OF Tues
| day, February IL.
! Mr. Bouccault's very latest new play, made b,
so changing his old play of Belle Lamar" as Il
make II comic rishnan the central figure, wa.
, produced at the Hollis.strect Theatre, Boston
| last week. with only fair success. The piece Il
| called "Fin MacCool.'
Miss Bcrtha Pcrson. OF the National Opera Com
| pany, recently called IN the President. Mr
Cleveland made the remark that he was glad th,
opera season was near ut an end, ns he wnntc'
to something of his wife in the evenings |
| is remarkable how pleasantly appropriate /
much OF the Presidents lighter conversation
| The World.
George II. sims, the English playwright AM
story writer famous ~ the author of 'Ostlc
Joe hus received nearly Slu0,0OO from his play
produced in the United Stntcs during the pas
live years He has an interest in II London news
paper winch pays him handsomely. and his sto
ries always command good prices from the pub
fishers. He is now in Algicrs working on ncv
romance.
The National Opera Company have been suc
| pl-M
Baltimore where the company played tw'
nshi M2naay and TnSslay 9T, rhn week pierso
performances At the New, York Metropolitn
Opera House. beginning February ~. Rubin
STEMS Nero" will have its first production
March, :.
The New York Academy OF Music will pos
lively hc sold AT public auction on March |. TIL
power Is vested III the board of directors by tn
charter to sell, lease, rent, or otherwise dspos
of the property. one Of the oldest directors sni
the other day hI, 'hGf The he, "SisCt for Which tn
dition many of the former stockholders had als
taken stock in the Metropolitan Opera HoMs'
and that was absorbing all their attention. 'Th
Academy will he sold without reserve, hut thcr
is II mortgage of Sl9O.OO. No offer for II priyut
| sale will bc considered.
On one occasion in particular the pathos of til
poor testers fate appealed to him Booth MOI
| powerfully than 1t hud been wont to do; he b'
gan 10 identify himself with the twisted and to-
strcamcd down his iucc: his voice was broke
with honest emotion; he felt the part us never In
fore, and ii seemed to him that he had ncvt
played II 50 well. And yet when the play ",
over and he left the theatre, his daughter. h
scvorcsl critic, who had seen the pcriorlnan!
, from II stage box. asked him what Ind been III
mnttcr, rs she had never seen him act the part
badly.-Brdndcr Matthews, Scribncr.
NJ IIarrs's liiou Theatre for weeks past II
house has been sold up before the pcrformanc,
away every day unable to gain standing roo
only Had the theatre been twice as large thci
| were times during the "Plancr's Wiic' M
,, \ Frank Frnync engagements when all those Al
J. plying for seats could not he accommodates
Tie attractions for the remainder of the thcntr
ca season are iirst-class. Following Dominic
; / Murray. in Escaped from Sing-Sing." conn
ph9sa McAlli;tcrr, in Taken from Life Franc
, | Bishop and All. Mcdowell, in "Muggs Landing
: in Lost in London Matte vickcrs, in PAS
!, AMI Diamonds, Grey and stephens, in "Witho'
!, llOnc;' Neil Burgess in "ltnnch 10 aud maj
others.
r. Mrs. james Davis, of II street, who has
5 often appcarcd in amateur perlormnnG,esm g, IN n III
!, ON saturday of Inst week, taking the pnrt
/" Laura Hackins to his Colonel Sellers and made
= great success, She was continuously applaud
q and twice called out after the shooting scene
II the fourth nct The character isnn eXacting on
The sweet young girl Of the first acts finds nrl
been betrayed. Grief, despair passion. and 4
l. staying of the villain must III be well well done.
: was no small achievement forn young nctrc
o ( Her stage presence was admirable and her drc'
ii | ing excellent. In passing through the town
~ l his southern engagements Mr.. Raymond ardent
II congratulated Mrs. Davis on her success in Il
y | difficult character.
l. Rose Coghlnn hns been playing MASKS n
c Faces" IN New York, and plcascs the crit
II greatly. csnys: tosc coghlnns Irish liz is o
10 of the most delightful and wholesome things
the stage. II isn real Irish ig hirrOo' and all.
's for grace, yyncity genuine animal spirits, and I
l. art of footing catly II is lInriynlcd and prObnt
20 inimitubc in the New York theatres. II was rec
II | inunded in the Union square Theatre lust cv,
rs ing, and the entire large audience fushionni
1t | people busc iirst-nightcrs, and nl-wcrc carri
away by II and reused 10 enthusiastic nppluu
| This dance Is ms different from the usual vurit
| theatre Jig, and the more dgniicd steps of sol
| actresses and the Inspiricd attempts of othc
is II II We're pnrt OF II real mcrrymuking In
y, Irish village. The whole of the last act of Y
y, | Woilington,' indeed, isu triumph Tor Miss Cos
", Ian Her true woinnnlincss, her healthy cn
III tiOnal nature, and manifest hut restrained pow
u Oi passion and anger which are integral clcmc
- | of her disposition, MI her pcrsonutiOn with
" | turc and truth The grief of rev IN her dcica
W love and her large hearted generosity toward
~ rival are IN less ful and sincere thun her play
~ hilarlty with Triplot und the children This III
a. act oi the play. which admits oi no theatrical al
~ ! flee, but demands thoroughly natural Il
w. | wonunly dcmcanOr, Is the best thing Miss CO
W., Nv Ian does, and nearly the best thing thnt amy Il
,,i | Tcss snow doing In the city,
I'M Married Twic" in One Evening.